Desk-calendar.



A. E. BATES.

DESK CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. 1913.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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ALBERT E. BATES, OF NYAGK, NEW YORK.

DESK-CALENDAR. I

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1916.

Application filed October t, 1913. Serial No. 793,298.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. BATES, a citizen of Canada, residing in'the city of Nyack, Rockland county, State of New York, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Desk- Calendars, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure.

My invention relates to calendars comprising pads having the days, months, etc., indicated on the separate leaves thereof in rotation, and provided with bases or frames for holding the pads in position.

One object of my invention is to provide a calendar of this kind which will be neat in appearance, cheap to construct, which may be made of few parts and in which the leaves, while being held against accidental displacement, yet may be easily withdrawn, one at a time, by the user.

A further object of my invention is to so construct and arrange the several parts that, while the pad will be, to a large extent inclosed in a housing and thus protected from dirt and dust, yet the leaves thereof may readily be turned back by the user.

A still further object is to so arrange the device that the pad and its supporting plate may be easily withdrawn and inserted from time to time, as may be necessary.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, I have illus trated the preferred embodiment of my invention.

In this drawing Figure l is a perspective view of the complete structure, showing the pad in position and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the structure shown, the numeral 1 designates a housing for the calendar pad, having side walls 2, a front wall 3, a rear wall 4, and a top wall 5. The top, side and end walls are cut away so as to expose in part the top, sides and front end of the calendar pad 6 in order that the user may note future engagements etc. The pad 6 rests on and is supported by a plate 7 which, at its rear end, is mounted on and has a screw thread engagement with the vertically disposed threaded shaft 8. At the top and rear of the housing there is provided a shaft bearing 9. This bearing is formed on the lower surface of the top member 5, is preferably V-shaped as shown, and faces or opens rearwardly. At the rear and lower portion of the housing a bearing 10 is formed in the projection 11, secured to the rear wall of the housing. The bearing 10 is also open on one side and faces the front of the device. The upper end of the threaded shaft 8 rests in the bearing 9' and the lower end of the shaft rests in the bearing 10. As the shaft 8 is secured to the plate 7 at or near its rear end, the weight of the plate and pad holds the vertically disposed shaft 8 against the open bearings in the position shown in Fig. 1. However, since the bearings are open and face in opposite directions, the supporting plate, pad and vertically disposed shaft may readily be removed from the housing by lifting plate 7 at its forward end, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This is desirable because it has been found necessary to frequently remove the pad and supporting plate not only for the purpose of inserting a new pad in the place of an exhausted one, but also for the purpose of removing the stub ends of sheets which remain under the cover 5 when the sheets are torn while being removed. The threaded shaft 8 is provided with a serrated head 12, by which the shaft may be rotated when it is desired to raise or lower the pad. It is also provided with a collar 12 which rests on the bearing 10 and maintains the shaft at the desired elevation. In using my improved calendar it is desirable, from time to time, as the sheets or leaves are withdrawn, to elevate the supporting plate 7 so that the top of the pad may be maintained in substantially the position shown in Fig. 1.

It is believed that the operation, mode of use and advantages of my improved desk calendar will readily be understood from the foregoing description of the preferred embodiment, and while I have only described one embodiment, I am aware that modifications may be made by those skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of my claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a structure of the kind described a housing, the top, front end and side walls of which are partly cut away, upper and lower shaft bearings located in said housing at its rear end, a Vertically disposed screw threaded shaft resting in said bearings and a pad supporting plate mounted on and having a threaded engagement with said shaft, all for the purpose described.

2. In a structure of the kind described a which are partly cut away, an upper shaft bearlng, open on one side and facing rearwardly, a lower shaft bearing open on one side and facing forward, a vertically disposed shaft having its ends resting in said bearings and a pad supporting plate secured at its rear end to said shaft, for the purpose described.

3. In a'structure of the kind described a housing, the top, front end and side walls of which are partly cut away, an upper shaft bearing open on one side and facing rearcopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

wardly, a lower shaft bearing open on one side and facing forward, a Vertically disposed, rotatable, screw threaded shaft havthe purpose described.

v ALBERT E. BATES. Witnesses:

VVALTER S. J ONES, WM. M. EARL.

Washington, D. C, 

